#8B4CDA#8B4CDA

#8B4CDA is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.157; OKLCH L 56.3% C 0.207 H 300.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B4CDA
RGB	rgb(139, 76, 218)
HSL	hsl(267, 66%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(267, 65%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.2%, 65.1%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.60, 54.24, -63.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.60, 83.14, 310.73°)
OKLab	oklab(56.33% 0.1042 -0.1793)
OKLCH	oklch(56.33% 0.207 300.2)
XYZ	xyz(25.8837, 15.7196, 67.9866)
Luminance	0.1572 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B4CDA #9BDA4C

analogous

#4C54DA #8B4CDA #D24CDA

triadic

#8B4CDA #DA8B4C #4CDA8B

tetradic

#8B4CDA #DA4C54 #9BDA4C #4CDAD2

square

#8B4CDA #DA4C54 #9BDA4C #4CDAD2

split-complementary

#8B4CDA #DAD24C #54DA4C

monochromatic

#4F1D8E #6C28C1 #8B4CDA #AC7FE4 #CDB1EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.07

#8B4CDA on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.14

#8B4CDA on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B4CDA

5.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B4CDA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B4CDA	1.00	5.07	4.14	5.07
#FFFFFF	5.07	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.14	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.07	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006EDE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#006DD7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7A6C8C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b4cda;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 76, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.3% 0.207 300.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b282e6',
    500: '#8b4cda',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b4cda;
$custom-light: #b282e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b4cda",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 76,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.62,
    "s": 65.741,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56333,
    "c": 0.2074,
    "h": 300.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.1572
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B4CDA

secondary

#C4DDA4

accent

#E93F9D

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6EFFC

border

#D0CAD5

text

#110B16

muted

#807C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B4CDA

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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